Homecare: It’s time to care – why we need an Ethical Care Charter
Matthew Egan, assistant national officer for Unison, explains why we need an Ethical Care Charter. Homecare: It’s time to care.
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International engagement with Israel’s trade unions is essential to the peace process
The Histadrut, the Israeli TUC, plays a vital role in working for a two-state solution – British trade unions should work to build ties with it, not break them.
The coalition continues its ‘women problem’ by taking away our pensions
Liz Snape explains why women are feeling the pinch from government’s attempts to steal away their pensions
Hutton repeats his big fat lie on public sector pensions
Alex Hern rebuts the Conservative government’s pensions tsar John Hutton’s lies, lies and lies over public sector pensions.
Warnings of “perfect storm” of industrial action in Scotland
The Scottish finance secretary is expected to criticise the UK government’s public service pension reforms and outline the SNP’s reform plans, reports Ed Jacobs.
Coalition cuts spending; families cut food, healthcare, kids clothing…
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis reports on new research revealing families are cutting back on food, healthcare and kids clothes due to government cuts.
Coalition’s cuts draw a dividing line across Britain
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis on why we are not all in this together, on how the Nick Clegg/David Cameron cuts are hitting the poorest hardest.
Front-loading of police cuts adds insult to injury
Police budget cuts are being front-loaded, which means that police services will have no choice but to start cutting staff now, writes UNISON’s Dave Prentis.
Tackling climate change requires a just transition to a low carbon economy
When he was environment secretary, David Miliband asserted that only Labour could tackle climate change. He argued that this was because only Labour recognised the need to intervene in markets. The Conservatives’ instincts, he said, would always pre-dispose them to solutions that stopped short of the measures necessary to set our economy on the route towards a low carbon, sustainable future. This, of course, was after the Stern report which had said that climate change was the greatest market failure the world had ever seen.
The shocking rise of violence in the NHS
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis writes about the shocking rise in violence against NHS staff – and the poor proesectution rate, currently only 1.9 pc.